She was notified of her story’s acceptance by the anthology’s editor, Kelly Ann Jacobson, author of Cairo in White and the Zaniyah Trilogy.

In putting together the anthology, the editors were looking for “pieces of exceptional magical fiction written in a literary style that are as entertaining and spellbinding as stories for children but are written at an adult level.”

A guest judge will choose one winner from a blind reading of the book, and that winner will receive a check for $150 and two contributor copies. Two runners-up will receive $25 and one contributor copy, and all other writers included in the book will receive one free contributor copy. –

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